Letter to the Editor: From one Democrat to another, the Trump bashing isn’t working

OPINION — I seem to find myself in the minority in today’s national Democratic Party.

I disagree with the tendency of most Democrats (including political candidates for Congress and those in the news media) to constantly bash Donald Trump over his obnoxious personality and his divisive comments.

As the very conservative “Morning Joe” Scarborough has said on his MSNBC show, when Democrats talk negatively about Trump, it just makes his supporters angrier and more protective of him, while corroborating their paranoid belief that the Democrats and the liberal part of the media are out to get Trump.

Rather, as Joe suggests, Democrats need to focus on communicating their values and telling the people how the federal government can be a force for good and can make life better for all Americans.

They don’t seem to realize that most Americans agree with them that we need to protect the safety-net programs such as social security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, college student loans, and unemployment insurance benefits. Those are winning issues that we should constantly be talking about, not trashing Trump.

Submitted by STEWART B. EPSTEIN, Rochester, New York, resident and retired college professor of sociology and social work.

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36 Comments

Well it is good to see that there are those among the Democratic party that are able to realize the destructive path that their leadership has chosen. I still can not for the life of me understand how anyone could choose to align themselves with the nasty, vile, destructive group that is the modern Democratic party, I am blown away how even a lot of the Jewish people continue to vote for Democrat’s, I guess they weren’t watching not long ago when Barrack Obama and his progressive friends tried his best to ruin the relationship between the United States and Israel, He sent millions of tax payer dollars to Israel to try and affect their elections for Prime Minister, and then they cry about the Russians in their attempt to affect this Countries elections, and are still continuing to spend millions of tax payer dollars on this phony witch hunt, this is but one of dozens of examples for the reason “we The People” chose to elect President Trump, and are proud of his accomplishments, and still love this great place we call America. You liberals have only strengthened our resolve!

“we The People” chose to elect President Trump??? Hardly, Trump lost the vote by “we the people” by over 3 million votes. He became president by the quirk of the Constitution that we call the Electoral College.

In my opinion, it is because of the electoral college people do not go out and vote. Let’s say, you live in a red state, and you know it’s going for Trump (like in oklahoma) you may not take the time to vote because it will win the electoral college and your individual vote does not count.

However, if the Presidency relied on individual votes, more people would vote but it does not. So……Your point of numbers is moot.

And your problem is that you can’t say anything else. Get ready, big blue wave coming.

Happy CommenterOctober 7, 2018 at 5:01 pm

More like a blue trickle from a leaky outhouse. Drink it up…hahaha!

KR567October 7, 2018 at 9:43 pm

Supreme Court Justice..Brett Kavanaugh have a nice day peaplant …!

Pa TriotOctober 7, 2018 at 10:44 pm

The only ‘Blue Wave’ any liberal will see is when they toss a tidy bowl tablet in their tank and flush. Remember all the hype about Hillary winning? Well…..get ready for another shocking disappointment. The Dems despicable behavior before, during and after the Kavanaugh confirmation will not be forgotten; particularly at the polls.

The Electoral College isn’t a quirk of the Constitution. It was a critical component of its ratification. There was and remains distrust in a constitutional democracy at the federal level because of real issues surrounding “tyranny of the majority”. We were designed to be a constitutional republic with mechanisms designed to thwart majority rule at the national level.

Being upset because Trump won the race as it was designed makes no sense. It does undermine and semblance of a “mandate” but that’s always seemed like a contrived idea when a POTUS only wins by a few percentage points anyways

It’s not just the constant Trump bashing. There are many other factors that are bringing the Democrats down. It’s the media. Their very obvious biased views (other than Fox), draw mistrust. Another huge factor is the behavior of these “activists”. It’s appalling to your average citizen. And there is a lot of hypocrisy. A lot of these movements are often backed by liberals who don’t necessarily practice what they preach. I agree with the author, the Democrats have a serious problem, and they need to change their tactics because they are pushing many of us in “middle” America to the right.

Democrats and Liberals need time. As in any traumatic event there is anger, there is sorrow, and hopefully acceptance. Let us be kind, let us be patient, let us be understanding. PTSD, in time, can be overcome.

You can’t deny that Robert Mueller’s investigation lives in your head, rent-free.
It will always be there. Gnawing at you like a rat nibbling cheese. That’s how they got Nixon. Slow and methodical work.
That’s how they got Gates, Manafort, Flynn, Cohen, et al. Slowly but surely justice prevails. Nibble nibble… tick tock.

All the crazies out there, celebrities, politicians and frustrated keyboard warriors, just keep resisting and keep losing. Even in the face of reason, of an adult telling them them that the idiotic behavior simply makes it worse, they can’t help it and indulge in ad hominem, strawman and all sorts of attacks, while failing to come up with any articulate arguments.

It’s OK, your world isn’t ending, you have a job if you want one, your retirement account is better than ever, and gas is fairly cheap.

So relax! Trump hasn’t killed you yet… but that blood pressure! Check it.